I had a closer look at the parts in runners ‘Fe’. This is the runner which represents the boxes, bottles and other stuff for the Mini Shop. There are six of these runners so you’re more or less going to have quite a bit of extra parts leftover, depending on how you want to set up your Mini Shop. When I looked closely at the ‘boxes’, the cubes are not exactly cubes as the top tapers inwards slightly. They might look OK but for me, it is a good excuse to make my own since I already have the C-Rations PDF file.
After I have measuring the dimensions for each box, I drafted the folding template using the opensource InkScape software. These folding templates will be the basis for representing the different boxes in the kit. From the single slit pattern at the top of each ‘box’, I kind of guessed how they folded. Since its a 80gsm paper, I am quite confident it is not necessary to allow for folding and cutting tolerances.
Folding Boxes
I am not sure what is happening but I kinda seem to fumble with these small paper stuff. Maybe I am getting old. Anyway, using a blade, I got some of the boxes cut out. To make them folding a little easier, I drew folding lines hard behind the actual fold of each box using a ball point pen. For a 70gsm paper, this helped in getting an exact fold line since they’re so thin. But for the stiffer brown paper, I think I might need to use a blunt needle or something in 02.mm in diameter or thereabouts.
